Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang by Lampo Leong

Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang by Lampo Leong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ifotora Competition Category.

BuronzeIfotora· 2020

Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang

by Lampo Leong

Client: University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ifotora Category

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The Design

About Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang

Iyi ni documentaire yerekana amafoto ya Wugang, uruganda rwa Wuhan Iron and Steel. Gushyigikirwa n’Uburusiya kandi ryubatswe mu 1958, Leta ya Wugang ni rumwe mu nganda nini z’ibyuma mu Bushinwa kandi yigeze gusobanura inganda n’iterambere ry’igihugu. Nyamara, inganda nkizo zitera umwanda ukabije w’ibidukikije. Binyuze mu gufata ikigo cya Wugang cyanduye cyane n'amashusho ateye isoni, uyu mushinga ugaragaza igiciro cyishyuwe n'ingaruka zatewe n'icyubahiro cyo kuvugurura no gutera imbere mu bukungu, bigatuma abarebera mu gushakisha ibidukikije bisukuye kandi byiza.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Behind Glory Inyandiko Ya Wugang ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest and most important steel factories in China, once signifying the industrialization & modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted campus with somber images, this community project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of economic prosperity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension various.
Tags: photography, documentary, abstract image, environmental health, pollution contral
Production Technology: Digital photography using a Canon 5DSR with a EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Design Challenge: It is very difficult to obtain permission to take photo of this state-owned steel factory. The condition of the photo site is poor and limited, often difficult to get to the ideal places to obtain the best photographic angle.
Research: This is a photographic documentary of a steel factory. The design research points out the pollution and public health problem in the working and living environment; resulting the insights on price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity. These images provoke the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Sally Mann, this environmental health and pollution control community project documents the heavily polluted and decaying factory campus of Wugang with abstract, lyrical and somewhat somber images. This group of photography points out the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity in China, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy working and living environment.
Project Duration: Wugang, Wuhan, China, 2019
Operation Flow: These photo documentary could be used for exhibition offline and online to make people aware of pollution and public health in the working and living environment.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2019.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory I, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory II, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory III, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory IV, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Lampo Leong, Behind Glory V, 2019.